Drier.



W. D. PALEIII.

DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3| I9I6.

Patentad NIW. 2?, MII?.

W. D. PALEN.

umm.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, |916.

WILLIAM"D.= PLEN," OFlPHILA'DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, .ASSIGNOR TO THE PHLA- DEL-:Pirie TEXTILE MACHINERY COMPANY,

A` CORPORATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA.

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

Janina.

annesse;-

To all whom t may concern.' e

Be it known that I, WILLIAM` D. PALE`N, a citizen of the United States, residing Vin Philadelphim Pennsylvania, .have invented certain improvements in Driers, of which the following is afspecifi'cation;

My invention relates to certain improve; ments in driers in which a series of dragconveyers is ,used whereby the loose material being dried is carried over a platform and is discharged at the end thereofinto another platform and is then conveyed in another direction and is discharged from one platform to another, being finally discharged from the drier. Heretofore, the material was allowed to fall from one platforinto another in a mass and, consequently, it was not properly distributed.

The object of my invention is to provide means for distributing the material, as it is discharged from one platform to another, so that it will be more thoroughly dried than heretofore.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a drier illustrating my invention;

F ig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the drier on the line 2 2, Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the feature of my invention; and

Fig. 4: is an enlarged diagram showing the relation of the distributer to the end of a platform.

My invention is particularly adapted for use as a drier for drying loose material, such as reclaimed rubber, where it is essential that the material shall be evenly distributed after it is discharged" from one conveying platform to another, but it will be understood that it may be used for other material which can be carried through a drier by a drag conveyer.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the casing of the conveyer.` 2, 2 are the platforms, one arranged above another and extending substantially the full length of the machine. 3, 3 are endless conveyers having flights 4, which extend substantially the full width of the platforms. These conveyers are connected to ordinary open link chains 5, which form the conveyer 3 and the flights are connected to the links of these chains by the usual standard attachments. The conveyer Chains pass around sprocket wheels 6 and 7.

i Specicationof LettersPatent.

Appiicatio inea May s, 1916. y serial No'. 95,085.

raeenteanev. at, reir.

The sprocket wheels G are at one endof the machine andare driven by a vertical shaft S through worin gearing,as shown in Fig. 1.

and this vertical shaft is driven from a transverse power shaft 9 n'icuntcd in the tcp of the drier through worm and worm gearin'g so thatthe conveyers travel very slowly tliroughthe drier; The conveyers are what are termed flight or dragconveyers, as they vpush the material over a` platform 2.

It willbe noticed that the upper run of eachconveyer moves the material in one din rection over one platform and the return run of each conveyer moves the material in the opposite direction over the platform di rectly below the first mentioned platform. The discharge end of each platform terminates short of the end of the platform next below it so that the material will fall from the discharge end of one conveyor onto the receiving end of the conveyer directly below it.

In order to prevent the material from discharging in piles on the receiving end of a platform, I provide a rotating distributer 10, which consists of a transverse shaft 11 having three blades 12, although the number of these blades may be varied without departing from the essential features of the invention. At one end of the upper shaft 11 is a belt pulley 13 around which passes a belt le from an overhead shaft 15. The two overhead shafts are driven in imison. The several shafts 11 at each end of the machine are connected by belts 16, so that they will all be driven in one direction. As the material is forced off of the end of one platform it is caught by the revolving blades of a distributer and is spread over the surface of the platform next below it. Then the material is fed on this platform by the conveyers traveling in the opposite direction from the one above.

In the present instance, at each side of the conveying chamber 17 are heating chambers 18 and fans 19 on shafts 20 circulate the air across the drier in the manner common to this type of machine. There are air ducts 21 above the machine connected by ducts 22 with certain portions of the drier and to an exhaust fan 23 so as to exhaust the moist air from the drying chamber as the material is dried. Suitable air intakes are provided which are not shown in the pres l Copie; of thlsliatelt Vmayrbe obtained for ent instance. The method of drying and circulating the air is that commonly used in this ltype of machine, therefore, I have not shown it in detail. v

I claim:

1. The combination in a drier, of a chamber; two platforms, one located above the other in said chamber, the lower platform extending beyond the upper one; a flight conveye-r 'adapted to travel on the plat-Y forms; sprocket wheels for the conveyers` be discharged onto the distributer and willk fall from said distributerV onto the lower platform. Y Y

2. Thecombination in a drier, of a chamve cents each, by addressing the Washinztcnm. 0.

ber l; a seriesof platforms located one above Vanother in said chamber, the alternate pla-tforms vextending' beyond, thev others at; one endof ,the drier, the'other platforms eX- tending beyond the first mentioned; ones at the opposite end thereof; a series of endless --conveyers having flights Y arranged Yto travel over the platformsgvsprooket wheels for the conveyers located some distance {beyond-fthe ends of thelplatforms; a distributer having' bladeslocated below andvbeyond the delivery end of each platform so that ,the flight of the'conveyers will clear the distribiiter;

and means for"rotatin'gthe distributers so that the material yaccumulated in frontof each flight on the platforms will fall? onto` the distributer and willA be finally discharged onto the surface of theneXt lower platform. Y, Y. .y Y WILLIAM DT PALEN,

Commissioner of Patents, 

